Category Archives for Back Seat Book Club

Author: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (Trans.) Knopf Publishing Group Plot Summary – Here he gives us the remarkable story of Tsukuru Tazaki, a young man haunted by a great loss; of dreams and nightmares that have unintended consequences for the world … Continue reading →

Author: Stephen King Published: 1987 Viking Plot Summary – Once upon a time – there was terror and dragons and princes… evil wizards and dark dungeons… and an enchanted castle and a terrible secret. With this enthralling masterpiece of magical evil … Continue reading →

Author: Bret Easton Ellis Published: 1991 Random House Plot Summary – Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated, intelligent. He works by day on Wall Street earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. His nights he spends in … Continue reading →

Author: Rachel Neumeier Published 2014 Strange Chemistry Plot Summary – Natividad is Pure, one of the rare girls born able to wield magic. Pure magic can protect humans against the supernatural evils they only half-acknowledge–the blood kin or the black dogs. … Continue reading →

Author: Vernor Vinge Published: 2006 Tor Plot Summary – A science-fiction thriller set in a place and time as exciting and strange as any far-future world: San Diego, California, 2025.Robert Gu is a recovering Alzheimer’s patient. The world that he remembers … Continue reading →

Author: Jack Vance Published 1966 Ace Books Plot Summary – Scoundrel Cugel is sent far away, by a magician he has wronged, to retrieve magical lenses that reveal the Overworld. Goaded by a homesick monster magically attached to his liver, he … Continue reading →

Author: VE Schwab Published: 2013 Tor Plot Summary – Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death … Continue reading →